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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Solebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chichester, after the city of Chichester:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elizabeth. Most of these ships have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Providence. Another was intended to bear the name:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Squirrel after the animal, while four more carried the name while serving as fishery protection vessels. Another was planned, but was renamed before being launched.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
HMS Katherine has been the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy:
References
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
